Paul Baggott

Music Producer, songwriter.

I am a working, experienced music producer.
I have over forty years of writing recording and producing music.
My own material has been used by the BBC, Channel 4 (UK), Ceebeebies, Austrian TV, Montreal Bank, Ogilvy and other ads and videos.

I work with people from many parts of the world. I produce songwriters' and lyricists' songs remotely using file sharing sites.

Methods of working varies. Some just send me a lyric, a few reference tracks, ideas about instrumentation and then just leave me to get on with it.

Others have musical skills and require me to include their recorded audio in the finished track.

I can add drums, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, strings, keys, brass (including solos), harmonica, ukelele, vocals and more (keeping in mind that it is very easy to over-produce a track).

Initially, I will create a demo of the song. The owner will make suggestions as to changes or additions. I will then amend the demo in accordance with the owner's instructions. I will create as many demos as is necessary until the owner is absolutely 100% happy with the track. I do not charge by the hour so this important process can take as long as it needs.

I and my studio are well equipped to work in most genres.

When the track is completed and the client is happy I will then master the track and its instrumental.

IMPORTANT - when the client has paid me for my production work my connection with the track ends. I do not expect a share of any money the track might generate. The client owns 100% of all rights to the recordings and the song.

One last thing, I absolutely love doing it.

Tell me about your project and how I can help, through the 'Contact' button above.

2 Reviews

Paul took a track I hadn't even planned to put in the project but that was already in stem form and completely ignored its consequent whoozy vocal and turned it into something eminently listenable. I was impressed with the speed with which he did this, the good humour and the invaluable suggestions.

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by philip.clover@tinyworld.co.uk

Paul is a musical magician. He conjures up the most listenable productions from just the most basic of cassette taped demos or reasonably already ok digital recordings. Tranformations are amazing. Above all, while my versions provided to Paul may have been similar in sound, my finished songs have their own individual sound and that makes any collection of one's own songs more interesting with depth and variety. I would compare the wide range of Paul's production of my songs to the diversity of those on the The Beatles' White Album. Such is Paul's wide spectrum of production imagination.

Interview with Paul Baggott

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: My role is as a producer on this, as yet, unfinished project.
I am working with an extremely talented and lovely artist on her album of fantastic songs. Each track has two versions. She wanted her singer songwriter tracks re-interpreted as EDM versions. She intends to release them together in a DVD book type package, exciting, can't wait to see it.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Client's songs, also some sound design for a theatre company.

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: No, not yet.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I don't care, though it frustrates me when designers sacrifice moving forwards for the sake of looking back.

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?

A: I am not happy until they are.
When I have been paid I will not expect any share of any money the track generates.

A: How much.... £95 ($116 approx) per song, no more, no less.
Do you work for 'terms'.... No.

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: I do not know. One's misconception is another's opportunity.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: All questions relate to how the client wants the finished track to sound. I also ask for commercially available tracks to use as reference that goes some way to describing instrumentation, feel, genre etc.

Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A: I have come across many horror stories about song owners losing control of their songs to unscrupulous producers.
Unless the contract between you and your producer is for 'terms' make sure and get it in writing that when you have paid the producer for their work they have no right to claim any share of any money generated by the recordings and the song.

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: Assuming there is no power, an acoustic guitar, a uke, a pencil, some paper and an eraser.

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I spent thirty years of writing, recording and producing my own songs for the sheer enjoyment of it. I made not a penny. During this time, unbeknown to me I was amassing a wide variety of music production skills. I am now in the happy and almost accidental position where people are happy to pay me to utilise those skills on their songs.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Communicative, and sympathetic.

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: I will work with anyone with realistic expectations.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: If the song has a vocal the vocal is king. All instrumentation is there to support the vocal.

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: Most genres.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Attention to detail and a desire to please.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Whatever the client requires.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Whatever gets the client what he or she wants. In other words I have no typical work process.